natyr, 2013

natyr is the third video in which Norwegian artist Ottar Ormstad combines concrete poetry, images, and music/sound. This time the video is based on a work by the Norwegian painter Knut Rumohr (1916-2002) who mostly created abstract tempera paintings inspired by the nature of a fjord at the Norwegian west coast. Ormstad once again continues mixing words from different languages. A concept he presented with “Non-Translation as Poetic Experience” at the Translating E-Lit conference in Paris 2012. The word ‘natyr’ may not exist in any language, but may be experienced with different associations to nature. The video (HD 16:9) is made for plain screening (4:45min). Except for the animation made by Ina Pillat, everything is directed and created by Ormstad, photography and music included.